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Yesterday I went along to the Bournemouth Bloggers (#bmouthbloggers) meet-up. I’ve attended blogger events in London before, but never anything locally, and so I was keen to find out a bit more about people blogging in the Bournemouth area.

On arrival, the first thing I realised was that I was probably the oldest one there! I don’t often find myself in that situation, so it was a little strange but not a problem. I was one of just two Mummy bloggers attending, sharing common ground with the lovely Laura who blogs at Max and Mummy. An interesting observation was that most in attendance were fashion and beauty bloggers, and many seemed to be media and journalism students. Of the 16 who came along, Joe was the only male. Surely there must be other male Bournemouth bloggers out there?!

Although I’m in contact with other Mummy bloggers on Twitter and have a handful of friends who also write blogs…I sometimes find that blogging can be a bit of a solitary interest. Sometimes it’s nice to get together with other likeminded people just to chat about why they blog, what motivates and inspires them, what content they find to be particularly successful, and what their long-term goals are. It’s lovely when I find common ground with a blogger, who seems to be writing for similar reasons to my own.

It was interesting to learn that the Bournemouth University students who came along are using their blog as their online portfolio, making sure they have a well-established online profile for when they come to apply for jobs. Blogs are morphing into so many different things and it’s such a different landscape to when I was applying for my first job in journalism almost 14 years ago!

All in all, it was a great event, and many thanks to Hannah at Bailey Cakes for organising and hosting it. I was stunned at the goody bags that we were sent home with. Mine was so heavy I was worried the bag was going to split! Thank you to Next, Lush, John Freida, Dove, Jimmy’s Iced Coffee (my favourite local brand), Beau xoxo hair accessories and The Bohemian Collective for all of my lovely gifts.

Social media & online PR consultant and trainer, and ex-journalist. Founder and Director of Populate Digital and Mum of two. Living by the sea in Bournemouth. @wendymcauliffe.

http://twitter.com/DreamsGlitterxo Georgie

Such a lovely write up, it was so lovely to meet you xoxo

http://twitter.com/wendymcauliffe wendymcauliffe

Thanks Georgie, it was great to meet you too. And thank you for the lovely hair accessories. My daughter pinched them straight away and wore them to a birthday party today x

http://twitter.com/cherriemayhem Karen, WomanWifeMum

wish I had known there was a Bournemouth Bloggers meet up. I’m a Bournemouth blogger too!

http://twitter.com/wendymcauliffe wendymcauliffe

Hi Karen, thanks so much for leaving a comment as it’s lovely to know about another Bournemouth Mummy blogger. I’ll start following your blog, which looks great. I’m sure there will be another #bmouthbloggers meet-up organised soon, and I’ll make a note to let you know about it x

Chloe

Hi Wendy, I just found your lovely blog on the look out for Bournemouth bloggers! I’ve just started at uberkid.net and saw from your post you are having a baby. My little boy is 2 months old now (where did the time go??). Hope all is going well x

wendymcauliffe

Thanks so much for getting in contact Chloe! Lovely to know there’s another Mummy blogger nearby

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About Mummy McAuliffe

I’m Wendy and I am mummy to my six-year-old girl, Little I, and two-year-old Wolfy (for privacy reasons I use pseudonyms). We live in Bournemouth very close to the beach, which is where I also grew up.

Writing is my passion, and my blog is my creative outlet, as well as the place where I share my thoughts and feelings on parenting. I hope that one day it will also be a sort of scrapbook of memories for my children. While I spend a lot of time writing in-depth content for other brands and businesses, I hope that one day I will hold in my hands a book that I have written and had published. Read more

About Mummy McAuliffe

I’m Wendy and I am mummy to my four-year-old girl, Little I, and baby Wolfy (for privacy reasons I use pseudonyms for the blog). We live in Bournemouth very close to the beach, which is where I also grew up. I run a small business from home with my husband Andy.

Writing is my passion, and my blog is my creative outlet, as well as the place where I share my thoughts and feelings on parenting. I hope that one day it will also be a sort of scrapbook of memories for my children. Read more